What case is this? Bragg v. Edwards Aquifer
What ‘s the eminent domain compensation issue they’re in a legal cage fight about? The courts have agreed that a denial of groundwater pumping by Edwards Aquifer amounted to a taking of a pecan farmer’s private property
What does it mean for 2017 Legslative action? Adequate and just compensation for th etaking of private land is a perenial issue. And there’s lots bubbling around for 2017:
- Last week, informedintel brought you the case of an ISD that had a good faither offer $5 million less than the award by special commissioners
- Rural landowners opposed to high speed rail focus on eminent domain, the taking, with compensation, of private property
- The pecan grove compensation will be bubbling around during 2017 too
San Antonio Express News | Pecan farmers at the center of historic groundwater case